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It's a conflict of parallels.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
Football
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Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.
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They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.
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Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out.
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Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.
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In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.
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The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work.
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At the last minute, from what I can gather, either Emmanuel Adebayor or his agent phoned us after they had agreed a deal with City and then did the same with Chelsea. He was desperate to get to either Chelsea or us.
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I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)
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Football management is such a pressurized thing - horse racing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.
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If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.
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Pippo Inzaghi was born in an offside position.
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David impresses by his example on the field. He never stops running, he plays with supreme confidence, he always tries his hardest and he scores important goals. (on David Beckham)
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I do believe in fate.
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Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.
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If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.
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Gianfranco Zola once sent Gary Pallister the wrong way to such an extent that he needed a ticket to get back in.
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I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could, I would have carried on playing.
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We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.
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